CAREER: 3DForests: Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning to Explore Forest Structure Changes Following Disturbance
This project will connect physiological and novel remote sensing tools to better understand the effects of wildfire and fuels management on forested ecosystems in California...
Jun 2022 to May 2027BioSoundSCape: Connecting Acoustics and Remote Sensing to Study Habitat-Animal Diversity Across Environmental Gradients
Mapping and monitoring the structure, function, and biodiversity of Earth's ecosystems is one of the most important research objectives for space science this decade, in...
Jun 2022 to May 2025Record the Jones Bar Gold Mine Camp, South Yuba River State Park, Nevada County, California
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will research, survey, and record the Jones Bar mining site for the Sierra District of State Parks. The site burned...
Jun 2022 to Dec 20232022 Community Grants Program – Arts & Culture
The Green Music Center (GMC) will use funds to present the 10th anniversary season of performing arts programming. Especially during these challenging times, the Green...
Jun 2022 to May 2023Magnetic Mapping in the Springerville Volcanic Field, East-Central Arizona
This project aims to have student led mapping products of eruptive basalts in two areas of the Springerville Volcanic Field (SVF), the Blue Ridge Mountain...
May 2022 to May 2023NFWF SF Bay Restoration Grant - Kelp Restoration
To date, very little is known as to how coastal processes from land can influence kelp forest dynamics in northern California, presenting a large knowledge...
May 2022 to Mar 2024Field calibration of GEDI LiDAR pulses for accurate biomass estimation of Sequoia
Accurate estimates of forest carbon stock underpin the development of a global carbon market, yet estimates can vary in accuracy and utility. The proposed research...
May 2022 to Dec 2023Socioeconomic Status, Racial Discrimination, and the Well-being of Low-Income, Latinx Families
Dr. Teresa Nguyen will use her Visionary Grant Award from the American Psychological Foundation to test a proposed culturally-sensitive model of marriage and relationship development....
Apr 2022 to Jan 2024Presenter Award – Clear Creek Creative’s Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man
The Green Music Center received an award for funding to support a theater piece, Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man. It is an environmental, cultural...
Apr 2022 to Jun 2023Timely prediction of wildfire burn severity in California forests With spaceborne observations of 3D vegetation structure
This project's overarching objective is to demonstrate the value of NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) spaceborne lidar for systematic and timely wildfire severity prediction,...
Apr 2022 to Mar 2025